Deleuze and the Problem of Affect - Paperback

by D. J. S. Cross (Author)

Perhaps more than any other philosopher, Deleuze has been pivotal for the recent 'affective turn' in philosophy and the humanities at large. Critics and proponents alike, however, have yet to appreciate the extent to which Deleuze himself remains profoundly ambivalent toward affect and embodiment in general. In this book, D. J. S. Cross argues that this ambivalence and its longevity have been overlooked because they only become apparent through a systematic analysis of affect throughout Deleuze's work. By outlining how, from beginning to end, Deleuze's system of thought both ruptures and complies with the tradition, Cross recalibrates Deleuze's philosophy and the recent 'affective turn' that hinges upon it.

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'This excellent book is a welcome counterpoint to the ubiquity that affect has acquired in much recent theorising. Cross not only illuminates key sources of the concept but, more importantly, problematises them in ways that give back to Deleuze some of the joy and inventiveness of his own philosophical method.' Aidan Tynan, Cardiff University A systematic analysis of affect as the fundamental problem in and for Deleuze's philosophy Perhaps more than any other philosopher, Deleuze has been pivotal for the recent 'affective turn' in philosophy and the humanities at large. Critics and proponents alike, however, have yet to appreciate the extent to which Deleuze himself remains profoundly ambivalent toward affect and embodiment in general. D. J. S. Cross argues that this ambivalence and its longevity have been overlooked because they only become apparent through a systematic analysis of affect throughout Deleuze's work. By outlining the ways in which, from beginning to end, Deleuze's system of thought both ruptures and complies with the tradition, Cross recalibrates Deleuze's philosophy and the recent 'affective turn' that hinges upon it. D. J. S. Cross is a former Presidential Fellow at the State University of New York at Buffalo and a former FONDECYT Postdoctoral Fellow at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago. Cover image: (c) Shutterstock.com Cover design: riverdesignbooks.com [EUP logo] edinburghuniversitypress.com ISBN 978-1-4744-8554-8 Barcode

Author Biography

D. J. S. Cross is Research Visiting Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature at the the State University of New York at Buffalo. He is the author of a number of journal articles including in Deleuze and Guattari Studies, Philosophy Today, Derrida Today and The New Centennial Review. He is co-translator of The Trial of Hatred: An Essay on the Refusal of Violence by Marc Crépon (EUP, 2021) and The Vocation of Writing: Literature, Philosophy, and the Test of Violence by Marc Crépon (SUNY, 2018).